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Transcript of Portents and Omens in Hamlet

Portents and Omens In Hamlet Elizabethan World View The Great Chain of BeingThe Elizabethans were highly superstitious people. They believed in the interconnectedness of the universe. The problems in the human world would be reflected in the natural realm. Shakespeare 's tragedies reflected these feelings with superstitions and portents. Nostadamus born in France 1503trained as doctor and astrologisttreatment of patients during Black Death was successfulwrote prophetic verses when staring into water or flame predicted his own death The Seneca Prologue Ghostghosts and witches regularly appear. By the time Hamlet was written it was common to have ghosts appear at the beginning of a play